Jones pitches for Pepper on black radio stations

Hoping to make inroads among African-American voters who passed him over in the mayoral primary, Councilman David Pepper has tapped retired U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel R. Jones for his first ad campaign of the general election.

"David Pepper will bring all segments of this City together," Jones (right) said in a radio commercial to debut Monday on three African-American-owned stations.

Jones said Pepper "reaches out to Cincinnatians of all racial and ethnic groups," and said his work on police reform agreements "has lead to an unmistakable improvement in community-police relations."

Pepper worked as a law clerk for Jones after graduating from Yale Law School in 1999. "David Pepper will make a great Mayor," Jones said. "I say this because I know him."

Jones, a former general counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was nominated for a seat on the Cincinnati-based appeals court by President Jimmy Carter, and served there for 23 years.

The ads will run on stations WCIN (1480 AM), WCVG (1320 AM) and WDBZ (1230 AM).